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As with normal protection, above, locking is also not always obvious. The act of actually locking a page and flagging it with a red tag (as seen above and to the left) are two separate things. Also since most locked pages aren't normal article pages, most locked pages don't get a visible tag. | As with normal protection, above, locking is also not always obvious. The act of actually locking a page and flagging it with a red tag (as seen above and to the left) are two separate things. Also since most locked pages aren't normal article pages, most locked pages don't get a visible tag. | ||
== | ==Specific restrictions== | ||
Protection can be applied to three different facets of articles. The most obvious is the one we've been talking about so far in thsi article: editing. And as we've seen above, administrators can define ''who'' may be prevented from editing: either all users (thus ''locking'' the article) or just new and non-registered users (thus ''protecting'' the article). | |||
But there are two other ways of restricting user access to articles. | |||
===Creation protection=== | ===Creation protection=== | ||
Creation protection protects a page that has either previously been deleted or has been identified as a target for vandalism or page recreation. The level of protection applied may be either semi-protection or full protection. | Creation protection protects a page that has either previously been deleted or has been identified as a target for vandalism or page recreation. The level of protection applied may be either semi-protection or full protection. | ||
Unfortunately the MediaWiki software does a very poor job of identifying an article whose creation has been '''locked'''. It doesn't give you a system message of any kind. Instead, it just sort of "fails" to create, returning you either to the main page, or to the page you were previously visiting. Many users would probably view the result of trying to create a locked page as a bug in the software, in fact. If you're uncertain whether a page has been creation locked, just ask an administrator. | |||
===Move protection=== | ===Move protection=== | ||
Most pages can be moved by any user. Sometimes, though, editors get enthusiastic and start moving a page back and forth between two names, as happened when, for instance, it became obvious that [[Jo Grant]] and indeed become [[Jo Jones]]. Because there was a bit of a tussle over what the page should ultimately be called, an administrator stepped in and prevented the "move war" from escalating. | |||
Note, though, that move protection is separate from edit protection. It is possible, and sometimes advantageous, to prevent a page from being moved, while still allowing general editing. For instance, during the Jo Grant/Jones "war", general editing of the article was never restricted. | |||
== | ==But I want to edit a restricted page== | ||
If you wish to add information to a protected article but are prevented from doing so, you may add a request to the talk page of the article. If the information is valid, another user who is not prevented from editing the page may add the information for you. However, the information will be reviewed to be in keeping with our various policies, and therefore we cannot guarantee that all requested information will be added. | Great! We want all the help we can get! Don't let protection stop you from making a useful edit to the wiki. If you wish to add information to a protected article but are prevented from doing so, you may add a request to the talk page of the article. If the information is valid, another user who is not prevented from editing the page may add the information for you. However, the information will be reviewed to be in keeping with our various policies, and therefore we cannot guarantee that all requested information will be added. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
